I just don't like cinemas very much. And when I do see a film it depresses me. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I do lots of projects in film and TV. You have some that are lucky, and some that are unlucky. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Locke' is a different way of making a film as well as being a different sort of film. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think that it's not a bad thing to not be too versed in the vocabulary of cinema, because you start to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain]… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Now because the film industry is what it is, if people are expecting a certain film genre and they're not getting it,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Whenever I see a cut of a film and something is gone, I don't notice it unless it obviously should have been… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It felt [at the Allied set] like, "At last, I'm in Hollywood," even though I was in West London. It was like,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's always a concern over budget with film too but people are more extravagant when they're making a feature. In television everything's… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I often find in the film world, that it's very self-referring. If you talk to someone about films, they talk about them… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
One of the horribly frustrating things about writing feature films is the rules everyone applies and says, 'You have to do this… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Suddenly, after years of television being the poor relation and film being everything, it now feels like film is a conjuring trick.… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's something about the evolution of television where it evolved from to the things that we're now watching and loving. It evolved… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
When you're watching, I find two things happen. You either watch a film and it's really good and then you think, "Why… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Just the idea that someone is married and they've got a kid, and he reports for work one morning and his boss… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
A funny thing about film is that it's the only medium where people say there are really rules that you have to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There are so many rules about how you make a film and so many conventions that you can and can't do. I… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Any genre as it's called, I think can be quite reductive in terms of what a film is, because I think there… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Obviously, television is a writer's medium, so you get a lot more power and authority. With a film, the discipline is having… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's a convention in English stuff that if something is more than 100 years old, people have to say 'do not' instead of 'don't.… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
It's such a gift when you know who you're writing for and you know that that actor is capable of so much that you… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
There's no writers room, or any other writer involved. I write everything from beginning to end. Maybe it's just me not being able to… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I've realized that the only thing I'm interested in is the performance. If the performance is right, then I'm happy. You offer up the… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.” — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
With FX in particular, they've been fantastic and were really hands off. I mean, it helps that you've got Ridley Scott on your side. — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I often find in the film world, that it's very self-referring. If you talk to someone about films, they talk about them in terms… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Whenever I went to L.A. the first thing people said in the meeting, no matter what it was about, was how much they loved… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
I think the best research is people you meet and things that they say, rather than second hand accounts of something. I think when… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
![“[Allied] meant to be a film that's a bit different. It's roots are in the '40s and '50s, and that sort of filmmaking style.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1f9/steven-knight-2205_bits_allied-meant-to-be-a-film-that-s-a-bit-d_1877349.jpg)
![“[The film Woman Walks Ahead] is from a long time ago. I wrote that ages ago. It looks gorgeous and Jessica [Chastain] is so good that I've got high hopes.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e35/steven-knight-2205_age_the-film-woman-walks-ahead-is-from-a-lon_742178.jpg)
![“There [in Allied] were things that were written that were cut, and things that were shot that were cut, but if the film works, they are erased from memory.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cb5/steven-knight-2205_cutting_there-in-allied-were-things-that-were-wr_1200205.jpg)
![“It felt [at the Allied set] like, "At last, I'm in Hollywood," even though I was in West London. It was like, "This is how a film should be made." It was beautiful.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/393/steven-knight-2205_beautiful_it-felt-at-the-allied-set-like-at-last-i_2174966.jpg)
![“[Allied] got the attention of (director) Bob Zemeckis and Marion Cotillard. I'm glad I waited. If it had been made 15 years before, who knows how it would have looked, but it's got the best possible cast, director and everything. It's been fantastic. It was worth waiting.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/282/steven-knight-2205_attention_allied-got-the-attention-of-director-bob_1070770.jpg)
![“I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film project that I've got, which is called Locke, and I need Tom to play the lead." And we spoke about both in that meeting and in the end the deal was that I would do Taboo if he did…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/092/steven-knight-2205_deals_i-spoke-to-tom-s-hardy-manager-and-said_3186211.jpg)
![“I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen was a fan. It struck a chord with various people that I didn't think it would.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/026/steven-knight-2205_blinders_i-ve-spent-three-hours-with-snoop-dogg-t_379922.jpg)
